Arti musices, Vol. 54 No. 1, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/mnlqgcrl8y
Ernst Förchtgott / Arnošt Bohaboj-Tovačovský (1825-1874): A Viennese Slav and a Moravian Hussite Rolled into One
Viktor Velek
orcid.org/0000-0002-8045-6715
; Masaryk Institute and Archives, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
Drawing on a monograph in progress, the first part of this study gives a brief biographical overview, outlines the state of research and describes the work of the Czech composer Ernst Förchtgott/Arnošt Bohaboj-Tovačovský (1825-1874). The second part examines two case studies that illustrate the coexistence, in the composer, of both a purely national mindset (Tovačovský’s use of themes of the Czech Middle Ages, specifically Hussitism) and a global mindset manifested in a musical form of Slavic reciprocity (Tovačovský’s arrangements of Croatian folk music). The study as a whole confirms the importance of Tovačovský for Czech choral music of the third quarter of the nineteenth century and his unique position on the Slavic music scene in Vienna.
Keywords
music; nineteenth century; Slavic reciprocity; Slavic minority in Vienna; male choirs; 1848; Ernst Förchtgott; Arnošt Bohaboj-Tovačovský
Hrčak ID:
306085
URI
Publication date:
14.7.2023.
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